MUSIC WITH CONDUCTOR MAESTRA DINORAH MARQUEZ.
GIVGIVE THEM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OPENING OUR PROGRAM
TODAY. [APPLAUSE] >> AND OH, THEY
LOOK GOOD, THE CHICAGO MASS CHOIR.
THEY GOT REALLY EARLY AND THEY MADE IT HERE.
THIS IS THEIR THIRD TIME BEING HERE.
THEY'RE GOING TO BRING YOU MUSIC A LITTLE BIT LATER ON.
AND THAT'S A LONG DISTANCE TO TRAVEL. WE HAVE PEOPLE COMIN
G FROM MILWAUKEE, CHICAGO, NORTHERN
WISCONSIN TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY GATHERED TO CELEBRATE THE
SPIRIT OF DR. KING. DR. KING SAID THAT JUSTICE IS
BEST SERVED IN THE SPIRIT OF LOVE.
CORRECTING EVERYTHING THAT STANDS AGAINST LOVE AND WE HAVE
MUCH TO CORRECT. THESE POINTED WORDS AUTHORED BY
DR. KING, THEY SHOULD INSPIRE US ALL TO ACTION TODAY, TO REDUCE
OUR NEGATIVE PERCEPTIONS OF EACH OTHER AND TO REACH OUT,
FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING ACROSS THE AISLE, TO REDUCE FEAR, WHICH IS
GRIPPING OUR NATION, INDIFFERENCE AND THIS
DEEP-SEATED HATRED FOR PEOPLE JUST BECAUSE THEY LOOK
DIFFERENT. THIS HAS GOT TO STOP.
SO I SAY TO YOU TODAY LET US CELEBRATE EACH OTHER IN THE
SPIRIT OF DR. KING, AS WE, THE PEOPLE OF WISCONSIN, GATHER TO
CELEBRATE NOT ONLY HIM, BUT THOSE THAT HAVE SUFFERED FROM
THE SHACKLES OF HATRED, MARGINIZATION, PEOPLE WHO ARE
IMMIGRANTS WHO WANT TO COME HERE BECAUSE THEY SEE A BETTER
OPPORTUNITY, WOMEN WHO ARE STILL TRYING TO CRACK THE GLASS
CEILING. WE MUST SHED THIS FEAR OF
RESENTMENT FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO LOVE SOMEBODY JUST BECAUSE THEY
WANT TO LOVE THEM. SO I SAY TO YOU ALL TODAY HERE
IN WISCONSIN, AS DR. KING SAID, LET US DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN A
SPIRIT OF LOVE. AMEN?
AMEN. ALL RIGHT.
[APPLAUSE] >> AND NOW IF YOU WOULD PLEASE
REMAIN SEATED AS FLUTEIST FRANK
MONTANO OFFERS TODAY INVOCATION. MR. MONTANO IS A RED CLIFF
TRIBAL MEMBER, A PERFORMING ARTD TIS, A FLUTE MAKER.
HE'S DEDICATED TO PRESERVING THE TRADITIONAL VALUES OF INDIGENOUS
FIRST NATION PEOPLE OF OUR GREAT STATE THROUGH STORYTELLING AND
TEACHING. HERE IS FRANK MONTANO.
[APPLAUSE]
[SPEAKING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE]
♪
[APPLAUSE]
>> AND NOW I INVITE YOU TO STAND AS WE TAKE A MOMENT TO REFLECT
ON THE TRAGIC END OF DR. KING'S
LIFE AT THE TENDER AGE OF 39. HE AND SO MANY OTHERS GAVE THEIR
LIVES THAT ONE DAY WE WHO STAND HERE WOULD BE FREE.
WE'RE JOINED BY THE JOINT ARMY AIR COLOR GUARD, PRINCE HALL
MASONS OF WISCONSIN AND THE 2nd ISTHMIAN HIGHLANDERS WHO
HONOR THOSE WHO PAY TRIBUTE FOR FREEDOM AND JUSTICE WITH THEIR
LIVES.
♪ [PROCESSIONAL OF COLOR GUARD]
♪ [APPLAUSE]
♪
>> PRESENT ARMS! [PRESENTATION OF ARMS]
♪
[RECESSIONAL OF COLOR GUARD]
>> THANK YOU. NOW, DO YOU KNOW THE HOME AND
BIRTHPLACE OF TRADITIONAL GOSPEL MUSIC?
DO YOU KNOW WHERE THAT IS? I DO.
AND I'M DELIGHTED THAT WE ARE NOT ONLY GOING TO GET A TASTE OF
IT, BUT SOME REAL SOUL FOOD TODAY FROM A CHICAGO MASS CHOIR.
PLEASE GIVE THEM A BIG HAND, WITH DR. WILLIAMSON LEADING THIS
ORGANIZATION FOR SO MANY YEARS. GIVE IT UP FOR THEM!
CHICAGO MASS CHOIR.
♪ WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE FAILS ME ♪
♪ I CAN GO TO THE ROCK ♪ WHEN TROUBLES AROUND ME
♪ I CAN GO TO THE ROCK ♪ GOD PROMISED THAT HE WOULD
KEEP ME ♪ ♪ IF I ABIDE IN HIS HOLY WORD
♪ NO MATTER WHAT THE PROBLEM ♪ I CAN GO TO THE ROCK
♪ WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE FAILS ♪ I CAN GO TO THE ROCK
♪ WHEN TROUBLES AROUND ME ♪ I CAN GO TO THE ROCK
♪ GOD PROMISED THAT HE WOULD KEEP ME ♪
♪ IF I ABIDE IN HIS HOLY WORD ♪ NO MATTER WHAT THE PROBLEM
♪ I CAN GO TO THE ROCK ♪ I CAN GO TO THE ROCK
♪ JESUS, MY WAYMAKER ♪ HE MAKES A WAY EACH AND EVERY
DAY ♪ ♪ NO MATTER WHAT THE PROBLEM
♪ I CAN GO TO THE ROCK ♪ I CAN GO TO THE ROCK
♪ NO MATTER WHAT THE PROBLEM ♪ I CAN GO TO THE ROCK
♪ JESUS, MY WAYMAKER
♪ JESUS, MY STRONG TOWER ♪ JESUS, MY STRONG TOWER
♪ JESUS, MY HEART FIXER ♪ JESUS, MY HEART FIXER
♪ I CAN GO TO THE ROCK ♪ I CAN GO TO THE ROCK
♪ WHEN I AM SAD HE MAKES ME GLAD ♪
♪ I CAN GO TO THE ROCK ♪ I CAN GO TO THE ROCK
♪ HE WON'T LEAVE ME
♪ HE WON'T FOR SAKE ME ♪ NO MATTER WHAT THE PROBLEM
♪ I CAN GO TO THE ROCK ♪ I CAN GO TO THE ROCK, YEAH
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪ PRAISE JEHOVAH
♪ THE KING OF KINGS ♪ PRAISE JEHOVAH
♪ YOU'RE MY EVERYTHING ♪ FROM THE RISING OF THE SUN
♪ TILL THE GOING DOWN OF THE SAME ♪
♪ PRAISE JEHOVAH ♪ THE GREAT I AM
♪ PRAISE JEHOVAH ♪ PRAISE JEHOVAH
♪ FROM THE RISING OF THE SUN ♪ TILL THE GOING DOWN OF THE
SAME ♪ ♪ PRAISE JEHOVAH
♪ THE GREAT I AM ♪ ENTER HIS GATES WITH
THANKSGIVING ♪ ♪ ENTER HIS COURTS WITH PRAISE
♪ BE THANKFUL UNTO HIM ♪ AND BLESS HIS NAME
♪ PRAISE JEHOVAH ♪ OH, OH, PRAISE JEHOVAH
♪ EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW ♪ EVERY TONGUE SHALL CONFESS
♪ PRAISE JEHOVAH ♪ PRAISE JEHOVAH
♪ FROM THE RISING OF THE SUN ♪ TILL THE GOING DOWN OF THE
SAME ♪ ♪ PRAISE JEHOVAH
♪ PRAISE JEHOVAH
♪ THE GREAT I AM
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪
♪ PRAISE JEHOVAH ♪ PRAISE JEHOVAH
♪ THE GREAT I AM
♪ PRAISE JEHOVAH ♪ THE KING OF KINGS
♪ THE LORD OF LORDS ♪ THE GREAT I AM
♪ THE GREAT I AM
>> HALLELUJAH!
BLESS YOUR NAME, JAM JESUS. >> ALL RIGHT.
COME ON. I KNOW YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN
THAT, CHICAGO MASS CHOIR. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> THAT'S ALL RIGHT. GIVE ME A LITTLE INSTRUMENTAL OF
THE GUYS. YEAH.
ALL THE GUYS IN THE BAND. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PLAYING
TODAY, FOR BEING HERE, GETTING UP SO EARLY.
APPRECIATE YOU. AND Y'ALL GOOD.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> ALL RIGHT.
CHICAGO MASS CHOIR. THEY WILL BE BACK.
IT'S TIME FOR THE FIRST PRESENTATION OF THE 2024MLK
HERITAGE AWARD. LISA JONES IS THE RECIPIENT THIS
YEAR. AND SHE IS THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR AND THE LEAD ORGANIZER OF MILWAUKEE INNER CITY
CONGREGATIONS ALLIED FOR HOPE, OR MICAH.
IT'S A MULTIRACIAL INTERFAITH ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO
ADDRESSING JUSTICE ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY OF MILWAUKEE.
THAT'S MY HOMETOWN, SO THERE'S SOME WORK TO BE DONE, I KNOW FOR
SURE. I LOVE MILWAUKEE.
AND -- OH, YEAH. THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
[APPLAUSE]
>> I WENT TO RUFUS KING HIGH SCHOOL.
WHERE DID YOU GO, SIR? WHAT SCHOOL?
DID YOU GO TO HIGH SCHOOL IN MILWAUKEE, ANYBODY?
MILWAUKEE TECH. I CAN'T TALK TO YOU.
[LAUGHTER] >> ANYWAY, BACK TO SISTER JONES.
SHE WORKS DILIGENTLY IN ALL AVENUES OF HER LIFE FOR RACIAL
JUSTICE AND EQUALITY WITH A FORUM SERIES ENTITLED
"CONVERSATIONS ON RACE." AND IN THE MILWAUKEE METRO AREA
AS THE CO-CHAIR OF RID RACISM MILWAUKEE, I THANK HER FOR BEING
HERE TODAY AND FOR HER GOOD WORK AND FOR HER MISSION TO SECURE
ALTERNATIVES TO JUST SENDING FOLKS TO JAIL WHEN THERE COULD
BE SOME OTHER PATHWAY TO THEIR RECOVERY AND THEIR
REHABILITATION, IF YOU WILL. [APPLAUSE]
>> SO IT'S MY PLEASURE, ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR
TONY EVERS, I AM PLEASED TO
ANNOUNCE THAT LISA JONES IS RECIPIENT OF THE WISCONSIN
2024MLK HERITAGE AWARD.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[APPLAUSE]
>> WOW! THANK YOU SO MUCH, GOVERNOR
EVERS AND THE SELECTION COMMITTEE AND THOSE WHO
NOMINATED ME. I WAS LIKE WHERE DID YOU GET
THAT DESCRIPTION OF ME AND ALL THE THINGS THAT I'VE DONE?
BUT SOMEHOW SOMEONE KNEW ME AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
THIS REMINDS ME OF THE LESSONS THAT MY PARENTS TAUGHT ME.
MY MOTHER'S NO LONGER HERE WITH US, BUT I REMEMBER SITTING WITH
MY MOM AND DAD WATCHING TONY BROWN'S JOURNAL.
HOW MANY PEOPLE REMEMBER TONY BROWN'S JOURNAL?
[APPLAUSE] >> AND ALL THE JUS TICE WORK AND
ALL THE THINGS. SO IT REALLY FORMED ME IN WHO I
AM, AND SO I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT GOD HAS CALLED ME TO
DO IN THIS STATE REPRESENTING THE FAITH COMMUNITY FOR THE
LOVING COMMUNITY FOR AN OPPRESSION-FREE WORLD!
I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR THAT! AND I KNOW THAT GOD KEEPS
CALLING' OF US, AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS MICAH'S 35TH YEAR IN
1988. CLERGY CAME TOGETHER TO CREATE
MICAH AND SO FOR 35 YEARS MICAH HAS BEEN DOING THIS RACIAL
JUSTICE WORK IN MILWAUKEE AND IN THE STATE AND UNITED STATES.
WE'RE AN AFFILIATE OF WISDOM. AND THAT THEME TODAY, ONE DAY,
ONE DAY. I BELIEVE IN THAT ONE DAY,
BECAUSE DR. KING BELIEVED IN THAT ONE DAY.
HE BELIEVED IN AN OPPRESSION-FREE WORLD WHERE WE
ARE ALL HEALTHY, WE ARE ALL SPIRITUALLY AND MENTALLY HEALTHY
AND WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE NEED. SO MAYBE THERE WILL BE ONE DAY
WHEN WE DON'T NEED FOOD PANTRIES BECAUSE EVERYBODY WILL HAVE THE
FOOD THAT THEY NEED. EVERYBODY WILL HAVE A JOB.
[APPLAUSE] >> WE WILL HAVE AL TERNATIVES TO
ALL THESE SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION. AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO LEAVE
YOU WITH JUST A COUPLE OF QUOTES.
AND THIS IS WHERE -- ONE OF THE BEST QUOTES I REMEMBER, WHY I DO
THIS WORK. INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT
TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE. SO WHEN SIBLING IS HURTING, THAT
MEANS YOU HURTING, TOO. AND THEN THIS IS ONE OF MY BEST
QUOTES I LOVE FROM HIM. AND HE SAID THIS: IF HE LOSE
SOMEHOW, YOU LOSE THE VITALITY THAT KEEPS MOVING.
YOU LOSE THAT COURAGE TO BE, THAT QUALITY THAT HELPS YOU GO
OUT IN SPITE OF IT ALL. AND SO TODAY I STILL HAVE A
DREAM. LET US ALL REMEMBER TO KEEP
ANSWERING DR. KING'S CALL THAT ONE DAY, ONE DAY WE CAN GET TO A
PERMANENT, BELOVED COMMUNITY WITHOUT OPPRESSION.
ONE DAY. THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
>> WELL, FROM MILWAUKEE, ONCE AGAIN HERE IS THE NATIONAL
AWARD-WINNING LATINO ARTS
STRINGS PROGRAM ESTABLISHED AT THE UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER IN
MILWAUKEE, CREATED AND DIRECTED TODAY BY DINORAH MARQUEZ AND
DESIGNED TO SERVE AS A PRE-COLLEGE MUSIC TRAINING
PROGRAM FOR LATINO STUDENTS. AND IT PROVIDES THEM WITH
INSTRUMENTS, MUSIC MATERIALS, INDIVIDUAL LESSONS, SMALL GROUP
AND LARGER ORCHESTRAS. AND THIS MARIACHI ENSEMBLE IS
ONE OF THE FINEST TO COME OUT OF OUR COUNTRY.
ONCE AGAIN, THE MARIACHI JUVENIL GRANDES LEGOS.
PLEASE GIVE THEM ANOTHER WELCOME.
[APPLAUSE]
♪ . - [SINGING IN SPANISH]
♪ [INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
♪ [SINGING IN SPANISH]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ [INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> IT IS TIME NOW FOR THE PRESENTATION OF OUR NEXT MLK
HERITAGE AWARD. SINCE 2012, DR. DANIELS HAS LED
GROWTH, INNOVATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO MADISON
COLLEGE. HIS TENURE INCLUDES COMPLETING
THE BUILDOUT OF MADISON COLLEGE'S CAMPUSES, INSTRUCTING
THE GOODMAN SOUTH CAMPUS, INCREASING CREATIVE PARTNERSHIPS
TO BENEFIT STUDENTS, ESTABLISHING A CORPORATE
TRAINING CENTER AND CREATING MADISON COLLEGE'S STEM CENTER
AND MANY OTHER WONDERFUL CONTRIBUTIONS OF BUILDING PLACES
WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO TO LEARN. HE'S CREATED MORE OF A WELCOMING
CLIMATE ON CAMPUS AND INCREASED THE FACULTY OF COLOR.
THIS IS A PART AND A SMALL PART OF HIS RICH LEGACY TO THIS
COMMUNITY. ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICE OF
GOVERNOR TONY EVERS, I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT
DR. JACK E. DANIELS III, PRESIDENT OF MADISON COLLEGE, IS
A RECIPIENT OF THE WISCONSIN 2024 MLK HERITAGE AWARD.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF DR. JACK E. DANIELS III.
FIRST, THANK YOU FOR THE 2024
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. HERITAGE AWARD.
I'M SO SORRY I'M NOT ABLE TO BE WITH THIS THIS AFTERNOON.
I'M DEEPLY HONORED AND APPRECIATIVE OF THIS
RECOGNITION. I SHARE THIS RECOGNITION WITH
EVERY ASPECT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND MADISON COLLEGE.
I'M THANKFUL TO THIS COMMUNITY FOR ITS SUPPORT PROVIDING
CRITICAL INPUT AND FRIENDSHIP. BUT WHAT IS KEY IS OUR
COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS TO MAKE CHANGE.
COLLABORATION IS BEST TO MAKE CRITICAL CHANGE AND KEEPING US
ACCOUNTABLE IS KEY TO ENSURING THAT THE CHANGE EVIDENCES ITSELF
AND IS SUSTAINABLE. MY FOCUS SINCE I ARRIVED OVER
TEN YEARS AGO IS TO UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNITY NEED AND INSTITUTE
KEY INTERVENTIONS TO MEET THE NEED.
THOUGH MANY SEE GOODMAN SOUTH CAMPUS AS REPRESENTATIVE OF
MEETING THAT NEED, IT COMES THROGH LOUD AND CLEAR THE
SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS THAT WE DO LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY AND
RESPOND IN A WAY TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND RESPECT THEIR NEEDS.
THIS HAS BEEN THE GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: LISTENING AND
RESPECTING THE NEEDS OF EVERY COMMUNITY WE TOUCH IN OUR
12-COUNTY AREA. AND IT COULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED
WITHOUT COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND A COLLEGE THAT IS FOCUSED ON
SERVING COMMUNITIES AND THE NEEDS OF ALL STUDENTS.
IT WOULD ALSO NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF OUR BOARD, THE
LEADERSHIP OF MY STAND-IN TODAY, FRANCIS HUNTLEY-COOPER, WHO HAS
PROVIDED BOARD LEADERSHIP THE MAJORITY OF MY TENURE.
I TRULY ACCEPT THIS AWARD ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE IN THIS
COMMUNITY WHO COMMIT THEMSELVES TO MAKING CRITICAL CHANGE IN OUR
COMMUNITY TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY'S QUALITY OF LIFE WITH
THE DEFINED INTENTION TO ENGAGE EACH AND CONTINUE TO MAKE
INTERVENTIONS THAT MAKE THIS COMMUNITY AND THE STATE BETTER
IN ADDRESSING ITS NEEDS. THANK YOU.
DR. DANIELS.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> NOW, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW WHO THAT
WAS. I SHOULD HAVE INTRODUCED HER,
BUT I ASSUMED EVERYONE KNEW FRANCIS HUNTLEY-COOPER.
[APPLAUSE]
>> YEAH. AND JUST A LITTLE HISTORY FOR
YOU.
OR SHOULD I SAY HER STORY. SHE IS THE FIRST
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAYOR WOMAN IN THE STATE OF WISCONSIN.
>> YEAH! YEAH!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> JUS
T MAJOR. SHE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
IT'S RIGHT. I KNOW I'M GOING TO HEAR ABOUT
THAT LATER. WELL, AS WE MOVE ON, THEY'RE
HERE, THEY LOOK GOOD. YEAH.
WHO IS IT? WHAT IS IT?
>> LET ME JUST INTRODUCE. 'CAUSE YOU MESSING UP.
LET ME JUST SAY THAT IT'S ALL RIGHT TO CLAP YOUR HANDS.
IT'S ALL RIGHT TO STAND. BECAUSE WE HAVE THE CHICAGO MASS
CHOIR IN THE HOUSE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> I A
M A BELIEVER IN JESUS CHRIST AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU
RIGHT NOW I'M GOING TO BE CLAPPING.
YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAR FROM OUR PASTOR, SO WE ABOUT TO SET IT
UP, ALL RIGHT? SO CHICAGO MASS CHOIR, BRING US
ON IN! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ >> CLAP YOUR HANDS, EVERYBODY.
[CLAPPING] ♪ OH, HOW WONDERFUL IT IS
♪ JESUS PROMISED HE'LL TAKE CARE OF ME ♪
♪ OH, HOW MARVELOUS IT IS ♪ JESUS PROMISED HE'LL TAKE CARE
OF ME ♪ ♪ OH, HOW WONDERFUL IT IS
♪ JESUS PROMISED HE'LL TAKE CARE OF ME ♪
♪ OH, HOW MARVELOUS IT IS ♪ JESUS PROMISED HE'LL TAKE CARE
OF ME ♪ ♪ I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
THE THINGS AHEAD ♪ ♪ ALL I HAVE TO DO IS LIVE
RIGHT ♪ ♪ AND BELIEVE IN WHAT HE SAID
♪ I CAN CALL HIM IN THE MORNING ♪
♪ I CAN CALL HIM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT ♪
♪ AND WHEN I CALL HIM ♪ HE'LL MAKE EVERYTHING ALL
RIGHT ♪ ♪ IT DOES NOT MATTER
♪ HOW BIG THE PROBLEM MAY BE
♪ JESUS PROMISED HE'LL TAKE CARE OF ME ♪
♪ I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE THINGS AHEAD ♪
♪ ALL I HAVE TO DO IS LIVE RIGHT ♪
♪ AND BELIEVE IN WHAT HE SAID ♪ I CAN CALL HIM IN THE
MORNING ♪ ♪ I CAN CALL HIM IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE NIGHT ♪ ♪ AND WHEN I CALL HIM
♪ HE'LL MAKE EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT ♪
♪ IT DOES NOT MATTER ♪ HOW BIG THE PROBLEM MAY BE
♪ JESUS PROMISED HE'LL TAKE CARE OF ME ♪
♪ I CAN CALL HIM IN THE MORNING ♪
♪ JESUS PROMISED HE'LL TAKE CARE OF ME ♪
>> SOMEBODY MAKE SOME NOISE! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> CLAP YOUR HANDS, EVERYBODY. COME ON.
COME ON.
♪ I HEARD ABOUT HOW HE HEALED THE SICK ♪
♪ HE IS A WONDER ♪ HE IS A WONDER IN MY SOUL
♪ I HEARD ABOUT HOW HE RAISED THE DEAD ♪
♪ HE IS A WONDER ♪ HE IS A WONDER IN A SOUL
♪ I HEARD ABOUT HOW HE CALM THE SEA ♪
♪ HE IS A WONDER ♪ HE IS A WONDER IN MY SOUL
♪ IT WAS A FRIDAY NIGHT HE DELIVERED ME ♪
♪ HE IS WONDER ♪ HE IS A WONDER IN MY SOUL
♪ HEALED THE SICK, RAISED THE DEAD ♪
♪ FIVE THOUSAND SOULS HE FED ♪ HE DID IT BEFORE
♪ HE CAN DO IT AGAIN ♪ HE IS WONDER IN MY SOUL
♪ I HEARD ABOUT HOW HE HEALED THE SICK ♪
♪ HE IS A WONDER ♪ HE IS A WONDER IN MY SOUL
♪ I HEARD ABOUT HOW HE RAISED THE DEAD ♪
♪ HE IS A WONDER ♪ HE IS A WONDER IN A SOUL
♪ I HEARD ABOUT HOW HE CALM THE SEA ♪
♪ HE IS A WONDER ♪ HE IS A WONDER IN MY SOUL
♪ IT WAS A FRIDAY NIGHT HE DELIVERED ME ♪
♪ HE IS WONDER ♪ HE IS A WONDER IN MY SOUL
♪ HEALED THE SICK, RAISED THE DEAD ♪
♪ FIVE THOUSAND SOULS HE FED ♪ HE DID IT BEFORE
♪ HE CAN DO IT AGAIN ♪ HE IS WONDER IN MY SOUL
SNOALD HEALED THE SICK, RAISED THE DEAD ♪
♪ HE IS WONDER IN MY SOUL ♪ HE CAN DO IT AGAIN
♪ HE IS WONDER IN MY SOUL ♪ I TRIED HIM
♪ I KNOW HIM ♪ I'VE SEEN HIM DO IT
♪ HE'S A WONDER ♪ I TRIED HIM
♪ I KNOW HIM ♪ I'VE SEEN HIM DO IT
♪ HE'S A WONDER ♪ I TRIED HIM
♪ I KNOW HIM ♪ I'VE SEEN HIM DO IT
♪ HE'S A WONDER ♪ I'VE SEEN HIM DO IT
♪ I'VE SEEN HIM DO IT
♪ HE'S A WONDER ♪ HE'S A WONDER
♪ HE IS WONDER IN MY SOUL
♪ HE'S A WONDER ♪ YES, HE'S A WONDER
♪ HE'S A WONDER ♪ HE'S A WONDER
♪ REDEEMER
♪ HE'S A WONDER ♪ HE'S A WONDER
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> ALL RIGHT! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> CLAP YOUR HANDS. I SAY CLAP YOUR HANDS.
♪ ♪ HE IS WONDER
♪ HE IS WONDER
♪ HE, HE IS ♪ HE IS WONDER
♪ HE IS WONDER
♪ YES, HE IS ♪ HE IS WONDER
♪ YES, I TRIED] ♪ NEVER FAILED ME
♪ HE IS WONDER ♪ IN MY SOUL
♪ HE IS WONDER ♪ HE IS WONDER
♪ I SEE HIM EVERY HOUR ♪ I SEE HIM EVERY MINUTE
♪ HE'S A WONDER
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
YES! >> THAT'S THEIR NEW SINGLE, "HE
IS A WONDER." THEIR BRAND NEW SINGLE.
YEAH. SISTER WILLIAMSON, I ASK Y'ALL
TO TAKE US TO THE MOUNTAINTOP. >> YEAH!
>> I DIDN'T SAY NOTHING ABOUT HEAVEN.
YOU WENT THERE AND IT WAS WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU, MUSICIANS, SINGERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APPRECIATE YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
>> AND THEY LOOK GOOD, TOO, DON'T THEY?
>> ALL RIGHT. IT IS TIME TO INTRODUCE OUR
GUEST SPEAKER TODAY, THE
REVEREND DR. MARCUS ALLEN, SR., PASTOR OF MT. ZION BAPTIST
CHURCH, MADISON, WISCONSIN. DR. ALLEN JOINED MT. ZION IN
OCTOBER OF 2016 AFTER SERVING HONORABLY IN THE UNITED STATES
ARMY FOR OVER TEN YEARS. DURING HIS MILITARY SERVICE, HE
COMPLETED THREE, I SAID THREE COMBAT TOURS IN IRAQ AND
AFGHANISTAN AND RECEIVED THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL, ONE OF THE
HIGHEST MILITARY HONORS AWARDED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMED
FORCES FOR THEIR MEMBERS.
[APPLAUSE] >> GO AHEAD. IT'S ALL RIGHT.
[APPLAUSE]
>> HE EARNED A DOCTORATE IN MINISTRY FROM LIBERTY BAPTIST
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AND A
MASTER OF DIVINITY AT VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY.
HE SERVES IN MANY WAYS: ADJUNCT PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
DUBUQUE, PRESIDENT OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COUNCIL OF
CHURCHES AND HE AND HIS WIFE TERRA, WHO I HAVE PERSONALLY
HEARD HIM REFER TO HER NOT ONLY AS HIS WIFE, BUT HIS GIRLFRIEND.
I'M TELLING THE TRUTH. I HEARD IT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO REPEAT IT PUBLICLY.
THEY HAVE THREE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN: ALEXANDREA, MEKYAH,
MARCUS, JR. AND THERE'S MUCH MORE TO SAY.
BUT HE ASKED ME, HE SAID, DR. O, WHY ME?
AND I JUST SAID "IT'S YOUR TIME."
AND I NOW ASK YOU TO WELCOME THE REVEREND DR. MARCUS ALLEN, SR.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> WELL, THE EARTH IS THE LORD'S AND THE FULLNESS THEREOF.
THE WORLD AND ALL THEY THAT
DWELL THEREIN. FOR HE HAS FOUNDED IT UPON THE
SEAS AND ESTABLISHED IT UPON THE WATERS.
LIFT UP YOUR HEADS, OU GATES. LIFT UP YOU EVERLASTING DOORS.
AND THE KING OF GLORY SHALL COME IN.
WHO IS THIS KING OF GLORY? THE LORD OF HOSTS.
HE IS THE KING OF GLORY. TRULY I COUNT IT A PRIVILEGE AND
AN HONOR AND A JOY TO BE BEFORE YOU TODAY.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO GOVERNOR EVERS AND FIRST LADY
EVERS AND TO ALL THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHO ARE HERE TODAY.
SHE HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL HOST FOR US.
AND SHE'S A REPRESENTATIVE FOR WHERE OUR CHURCH IS LOCATED.
TO ALL THE DIGNITARIES ON THE DAIS, GOD BLESS YOU.
TO DR. JONATHAN OVERBY, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE THE
KEYNOTE SPEAKER OF THIS WONDERFUL EVENT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> I AM GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO
SERVE THE BEST CHURCH IN THE WORLD, MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH
HERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF MADISON.
THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH FOR BEING WITH ME TODAY.
AND IF YOU HEAR A LOT OF YELLING FROM THIS SIDE, I'M PRETTY SURE
IT'S COMING FROM MY MOTHER. AMEN.
SHE IS MY SUPERHERO. I AM BECAUSE SHE IS.
AND SO I'M SO THANKFUL FOR HER. AMEN.
GIVE ME MOM A BIG HAND AND CLAP OF PRAISE.
[APPLAUSE] >> AMEN. MY MOTHER-IN-LAW, CONNIE COOK,
IS HERE WITH US. MY AUNTS ARE HERE.
MY BROTHER, MY NIECE, MY COUSINS ALL THE WAY OVER THERE.
AMEN. THEY'RE HERE WITH US TONIGHT AND
I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL MY FAMILY, FRIENDS, BASS TO PASTORO
MUCH. AND TO THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, MY
GIRLFRIEND ON FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, AND MY WIFE MONDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY, MISS TERRA ALLEN.
AMEN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED
SUPPORT. [APPLAUSE] >> AND THE LOVE
WHICH YOU GIVE ME TO BE THE BEST MAN THAT I CAN
HOPE TO BE. SO MY OLDEST DAUGHTER ALEXANDREA
SHE IS NOT WITH US TONIGHT. SHE HAD A BABY, AMEN, ON
WEDNESDAY. AND SO I'M GOING TO TRY MY BEST
TO SPOIL THAT CHILD, AMEN, AS A GRANDFATHER.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO BE CALLED. NOT PAPA.
CALL ME GRANDADDY. AMEN.
AND TO M.J., MARCUS JR., MY ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, WHO I AM WELL
PLEASED AND TO MY BABY GIRL, MISS MEKYAH ALLEN.
AMEN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE
IN SUPPORT. WHEN I BECAME THE PASTOR OF MT.
ZION BAPTIST CHURCH IN OCTOBER, EVENT TO ATTEND.TED TO THIS-
I WAS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT IT WOULD BE A MEETING IN A SMALL
CONFERENCE ROOM WITH ONLY A FEW PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.
IT WAS VERY SLIPPERY OUTSIDE BECAUSE OF THE ICE ON THE
GROUND. SOMEHOW THIS IS NORMALLY THE
COLDEST DAY. AND SO I TOOK MY TIME GETTING
HERE. WHEN I ARRIVED TO THE SECOND
FLOOR, I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE IN ATTENDANCE.
BUT GOOD THINGS AR, DELTA LADIES WERE THE USHERS, AND MANY OF
THEM WERE MEMBERS OF MY CHURCH. AND BECAUSE I WAS HERE IN THE
NICK OF TIME, THEY WERE ABLE TO GET ME DIRECTLY TO MY SEAT.
AND SO I WANT TO TELL THEM THANK YOU AND TO CARLA AND COLLIDE.
THEY'VE BEEN OUR HOSTS THESE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
THANK YOU TO THEM. AND LET ME COMMEND THE STATE OF
WISCONSIN FOR BEING ONE OF THE FIRST TO HONOR THIS GIANT OF A
MAN, THE LIBERATOR OF OUR PEOPLE, THE DRUM MAJOR FOR
JUSTICE, THE REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND HAS
CONTINUED TO HONOR THIS HERO FOR 43 YEARS NO MATTER WHO HAS BEEN
THE GOVERNOR OF THIS STATE. GIVE YOURSELVES A ROUND OF
APPLAUSE.
[APPLAUSE] >> AROUND 2014, MY WIFE AND I
WERE DEBATING WHERE SHOULD WE MOVE BECAUSE WE HAD SMALL
CHILDREN AND OUR CHILDREN NEEDED A GRANDMOTHER TO HELP US RAISE
THEM KIDS. AND WHILE ATTENDING A
CONFERENCE, I WAS INFORMED IN VIRGINIA THAT MT. ZION BAPTIST
CHURCH WAS LOOKING FOR A PASTOR. I APPLIED AND SOMEHOW I BECAME
THE PASTOR OF THIS GREAT CHURCH. WHEN I ARRIVED, I WAS INFORMED
THAT MT. ZION HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PILLAR IN THE COMMUNITY FOR
AFRICAN-AMERICAN PEOPLE. THIS CHURCH HAS BEEN AROUND IN
MAY IT WILL BE 113 YEARS. THE CHURCH'S VOICE HAS BEEN
AMPLIFIED WHEN IT COMES TO SOCIAL JUSTICE AND DEMANDING
SOCIAL EQUALITY FOR ALL. AS A MATTER OF FACT, DR. KING'S
FATHER VISITED MT. ZION AND WHEN BISHOP DESMOND TUTU CAME TO
TOWN, IT WAS ONE OF HIS STOPS. IN 1960 IT WAS ASKED TO MOVE TO
FISHER STREET WHERE IT NOW RESIDES.
THE PASTOR AT THAT TIME TOLD THE MAYOR THAT HE DESIRED FOR THE
CHURCH TO BE IN THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY.
IF YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE LOCATED, YOU WILL AGREE BECAUSE
WE ARE NOT OFF A MAIN ROAD. WE ARE TUCKED IN BY PENN PARK.
BUT OUR LOVE FOR THE COMMUNITY RADIATES AND ILLUMINATES OUR
AREA BY PROVIDING HELP, AID AND SUPPORT TO ANYONE WHO IS IN
NEED. FOR OVER 30 YEARS WE HAVE HAD A
FULL PANTRY FEEDING FAMILIES. WE'VE AN ACADEMIC LEARNING
CENTER WHERE WE PROVIDE KIDS KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 5TH GRADE
WITH EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT AND ATTEMPT TO CLOSE WHAT
DR. BILLINGS CALLED THE OPPORTUNITY GAP WITH OUR BLACK
STUDENTS. LAST YEAR WE WERE EXTREMELY
PROUD ION JOHNSON, JR. OUR STAFF WORKED WITH HIM AND HE
DID AN AMAZING JOB READING THE "I HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH BOLDLY
AND SPROWDLY AND MANY OF US STOOD WITH TEARS IN OUR EYES
BECAUSE WE KNEW HOW FAR HE HAD COME FROM.
IN 2020, WE MAY HAVE CLOSED THE DOORS OF OUR CHURCH, BUT WE WENT
TO WORK. OUR FOOD PANTRY WAS IN OVER
DRIVE. WE TOOK FOOD TO FAMILIES THAT
SURROUNDED OUR CHURCH. WE OPENED WHAT WE CALLED THE
SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS, ALLOWING STUDENTS TO USE OUR WI-FI AND
PROVIDED THEM WITH TUTORS. WE PARTNERS WITH DANE COUNTY TO
LEAD A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM TO HELP CHILDREN, YOUTH WHO ARE
AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE, AND OPENED OUR FACILITY TO OUR OLDER
ADULTS TO COME AND SOCIALIZE AND LEARN HOW TO USE COMPUTERS.
IN OCTOBER 2020 WE PARTNERED WITH A FAMILY THERAPY AND NOW WE
HAVE A FREE DROP-IN BEHAVIOR HEALTH CLINIC AT OUR CHURCH.
[APPLAUSE] >> OCTOBER 2021 WE STARTED A
PROGRAM THAT WE CALL TRY,
TRANSFORM AND REACHING OUR YOUTH, WHERE WE GO INTO THE
JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER AND PROVIDE MENTORSHIP TO THE
CHILDREN WHO ARE THERE. WE'VE ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE
BADGER FOOTBALL TEAM IN WHICH THEY SEND THEIR FOOTBALL PLAYERS
TO GO WITH US TO TALK TO THESE YOUTH.
MT. ZION IS A CHURCH OF ACTION, LOVE AND JUSTICE, AND DUE TO OUR
PROGRAMS ONLY BEING SUPPORTED AND FUNDING BY THE GENEROSITY OF
OUR MEMBERS, WE DECIDED TO START A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION, A
SEPARATE 503C THAT WE FORMED THAT WE MAY HAVE A GREATER
IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY. IN 2020 WE PAID OFF THE MORTGAGE
OF OUR CHURCH. AMEN.
[APPLAUSE] >> AND OUR CHURCH IS NOW
DEBT-FREE AND BLACK FOLKS FULLY OWN ONE OF THE LARGEST BUILDINGS
ON THE BLOCK.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> AND CURRENTLY WE ARE STARTING
A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN TO BUILD A FAMILY LIFE CENTER ON THE SOUTH
SIDE OF MADISON TO BE ABLE TO HOUSE OUR PROGRAMS AND BETTER
SERVE THE MADISON COMMUNITY. AGAIN, I AM EXCITED TO BE THE
SPEAKER OF THIS EVENT TODAY. AND AS I RECEIVE THE THEME FOR
THIS EVENT, I WAS TORN AS WHICH WAY TO TALK ABOUT IT.
I BELIEVE THAT THE THEME OF "ONE DAY" IS A POWERFUL STATEMENT,
BUT IT DEPENDS ON HOW IT IS PRESENTED."
PRESENTED. "ONE DAY" CAN BE WHAT I CALL
FAITH TALK, WHERE YOU ARE EXPECTING SOMETHING GREAT TO
HAPPEN ONE DAY. AND YOUR ACTIONS TODAY ARE
PUSHING YOU TOWARDS THAT ONE DAY.
OR "ONE DAY" CAN BE DECEPTIVE TALK, WHICH CAUSES YOU TO SETTLE
FOR WHAT YOU RECEIVE TODAY BECAUSE YOU SUGGEST I WILL GET
IT ONE DAY. "ONE DAY" CAN BE USED AS A
VISION CASTER FOR SOMETHING GREATER, MORE BENEFICIAL FOR
YOUR LIFE. OR "ONE DAY" CAN LEAD TO APATHY
WHERE YOU BECOME SATISFIED WITH THE RESULTS OF TODAY AND FAIL TO
PREPARE FOR THAT ONE DAY. I BELIEVE FOR SOME "ONE DAY" HAS
PARALYZED OUR ABILITY TO PRODUCE JUSTICE, EQUALITY AND FREEDOM.
THEY HAVE SETTLED FOR THE CRUMBS OF TODAY, EXPECTING THINGS TO
GET BETTER ONE DAY. WE HAVE DECIDED THAT THE WORK OF
A BETTER DAY IS TOO HARD FOR TODAY, SO WE PUT IT OFF AS A
DISTANT HOPE AND DECLARE WE'LL GET IT RIGHT ONE DAY.
THIS TYPE OF UNDERSTANDING OF "ONE DAY" HAS CRIPPLED MANY
COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE LEANED AND DEPENDED ON THE PROMISES OF
LEADERS WHO TOLD THEM THAT ONE DAY, BUT IT SEEMS AS IF ONE DAY
CONTINUES TO DRIFT FARTHER AND FARTHER AWAY.
PROMISES OF EQUALITY IN EDUCATION, BUT YET STILL BLACK
CHILDREN ARE NOT LEARNING AT THE SAME RATE OF THEIR COUNTERPARTS.
I KNOW THERE ARE DIFFERENT CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THIS,
BUT FOR THE LONGEST NO ONE WAS ABLE TO EXPLAIN TO ME WHY.
A FEW YEARS AGO I WAS A GUEST SPEAKER AT ONE OF OUR HIGH
SCHOOLS AND I ASKED THE STUDENTS WHEN DID THEY THINK WAS THE
REASON FOR THE 2019 FORD EXAM RESULTS WHERE ONLY 14% WERE
PROFICIENT IN MATH. ONE CHILD RAISED HER HAND AND
SUGGESTED IT WAS BECAUSE WHEN THEY NEED HELP, JOHNNY GETS THE
HELP HE NEEDS. BUT WHEN POKEY IS IN NEED HE
DOES NOT GET THE SAME SUPPORT, ACTS UP AND IS KICKED OUT OF
CLASS. BUT EDUCATIONAL JUSTICE FOR MANY
WE DECLARE WE'LL GET IT RIGHT ONE DAY.
THE PROMISES OF HEALTH CARE IMPROVEMENT MAY HAVE BEEN
EXPLAINED AS ONE DAY. A FEW YEARS AGO I WAS IN A CLASS
AT MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY RECEIVING A CERTIFICATE IN
PASTORAL LEADERSHIP AND CULTURAL CONTEXT AND THE PRESIDENT OF
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN MILWAUKEE STATED IF YOU MOVE TEN BLOCKS,
YOUR LIFE EXPECTANCY GAINS EIGHT TO TEN YEARS.
IN APRIL 2020 MY MOTHER WAS SEVERELY SICK AT THE ONSET OF
COVID-19, WHEN NO ONE REALLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS GOING ON.
NO TESTING WAS AVAILABLE, AND HOSPITALS WERE TRYING THEIR BEST
TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM OVER CROWDING WAITING ROOMS.
MY MOTHER CALLED 911, HAD A TEMPERATURE OF 103 AND HAD A BAD
COUGH. BUT AFTER BEING EXAMINED BY THE
PARAMEDICS, THEY LEFT HER IN HER HOME.
IT'S A SHAME I HAD TO CALL ON EVERYONE I KNEW IN POWER JUST TO
GET MY MOTHER SOME MEDICAL AID. AND IT MADE ME EVEN MORE UPSET
BECAUSE AS I WAS ON A ZOOM CALL WITH A CLERGY PERSON FROM
OCONOMOWOC, SHE INFORMED ME THAT SHE ONLY HAD A MILD COUGH.
PRIMARY CARE GAVE HER A TEST IMMEDIATELY AND MY BROTHER -- MR
COULDN'T BREATHE BUT SHE COULDN'T GET MEDICAL SUPPORT.
I WONDER IF IT'S BECAUSE OF HER ZIP CODE.
MANY JUST SAY WE WILL GET IT RIGHT ONE DAY.
IT PAINS ME TO KNOW THAT SOME AFRICAN-AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBERS
WHO STOOD ON THE BATTLEFIELD FOR THE FREEDOM OF THIS COUNTRY AND
THE FLAG CAME BACK HOME NOT TO PARADES AND CELEBRATIONS, BUT TO
RACISM AND HATE. THEY HAD EARNED BENEFITS FOR
HOUSING, BUT WERE UNABLE TO BUY HOMES WHERE THEY WANTED TO.
AN UNFAIR HOUSING PRACTICE HAS CRIPPLED THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
COMMUNITY FROM GAINING GENERATIONAL WEALTH IN THIS
COUNTRY. AND TO THIS DAY, BANKS ARE STILL
USING THESE UNFAIR PRACTICES BY EITHER DENYING BLACK PEOPLE FROM
GETTING LOANS OR CHARGING THEM HIGHER INTEREST RATES THAN WHITE
COUNTERPARTS. YET STILL SOMEONE IS PROCLAIMING
THE THEME OF TODAY. ONE DAY WE'LL GET IT RIGHT.
TELL US TO SETTLE FOR WHAT WE HAVE AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET IT
RIGHT ONE DAY. IT'S A SHAME THAT SOCIETY HAS
BECOME MORE CONCERNED ABOUT OFFENDING WHITE STUDENTS WHEN
TEACHERS TEACH ABOUT THE SCROOCRUELTYBLACK PEOPLE HAVE EN
THIS NATION. IT'S PITIFUL THAT I WAS NEVER
TAUGHT IN PUBLIC SCHOOL ABOUT BLACK WALL STREET, WHEREIN
TULSA, OKLAHOMA BLACK PEOPLE WERE SELF-SUSTAINED AND WEALTHY
AND THEY WITNESSED THE FIRST TERRORIST GROUP TO ATTACK AND
BOMB AMERICANS IN AMERICA. AND IT IS RIDICULOUS THAT PEOPLE
ARE ATTACKING DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION, BUT REFUSE TO
IMPLEMENT LAWS TO REMOVE GUNS FROM THE HANDS OF THOSE WHO
CONTINUE TO SHOOT INNOCENT CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS AND MA MALLS
AND EVEN IN SAFE PLACES. [APPLAUSE] >> NO, NO, NO, NO.
I DON'T WANT TO LOOK AT ONE DAY AS A MAYBE.
BUT WE SHOULD LOOK AT ONE DAY AS A GUARANTEE AND OPERATE TODAY
HOPING THAT ONE DAY CAN BE TODAY.
AND JUNE 17, 1966 MARTIN LUTHER KING GAVE A SPEECH DECLARING
THAT THERE WERE ONLY THREE WORDS THAT HE WANTED TO STATE TO
AMERICA TO PROVE THAT THEY WERE SERIOUS.
THE FIRST WORD WAS "ALL." WE DON'T WANT SOME OF OUR
RIGHTS. WE WANT ALL OF THEM.
HIS SECOND WAS "HERE" STATING THAT HE DID NOT WANT TO MOVE
FROM THE SOUTH IN ORDER TO EXPERIENCE THESE RIGHTS.
HE WANTED THOSE RIGHTS IN GEORGIA, ALABAMA AND
MISSISSIPPI. HIS LAST WORD IS WHAT I WANT US
ALL TO FOCUS ON TODAY. HIS LAST WORD WAS "NOW."
HE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO SETTLE FOR THE STATEMENTS LIKE YOU WILL
GET IT RIGHT, YOUR RIGHTS, ONE DAY, BUT HE DECLARED WE WANT
THEM NOW. AND THIS IS MY CHARGE TO ALL WHO
ARE LISTENING TODAY, THAT NOW IS THE TIME FOR JUSTICE AND
EQUALITY. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> NOW, I WOULDN'T BE A BAPTIST PREACHER IF I DIDN'T LEAVE YOU
WITH SOME SCRIPTURE. IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN CHAPTER 9
IN VERSE 4 JESUS DECLARES I MUST WORK THE WORKS OF HIM WHO HATH
SENT ME WHILE IT IS DAY. THE NIGHT IS COMING WHEN NO MAN
CAN WORK. HERE IN THIS PARTICULAR STORY
JESUS IS INFORMING US ALL THAT WE DON'T HAVE ALL DAY AND THE
TIME TO WORK IS USED METAPHORICALLY WHILE THE SUN IS
UP, FOR WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN, THIS LIFE IS OVER AND NO MAN OR
WOMAN CAN WORK. TO GET THE PICTURE OF WHAT JESUS
MAY BE SAYING IN THIS VERSE, PICTURE A HARD-WORKING FARMER IN
THE DAYS BEFORE MODERN FARM MACHINERY.
THE FARMER WOULD RISE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF EVERY MOMENT OF THE DAY, EVERY MINUTE OF DAYLIGHT,
CULTIVATING HIS CROP, FOR WHEN THE HARVEST WOULD COME.
HE KNEW THAT NIGHT WOULD COME, SO HE WORKED ALL DAY LONG.
AND WHEN THE NIGHT CAME, HE RESTED WELL.
WELL DESERVED REST FOR HIS DILIGENCE IN THE DAYLIGHT.
HE KNEW THAT IF HE WAS GOING TO HAVE A CROP TO HARVEST, HE MUST
WORK DI DILIGENTLY EVERY WAKING MINUTE BECAUSE TIME WAS SHORT
AND HE DID NOT HAVE ALL DAY. AND JUST AS THE FARMER KNEW HE
WAS TO MAKE THE MOST OF EVERY MOMENT OF DAYLIGHT, WE ARE TO
MAKE THE MOST OF THE TIME THAT WE HAVE DOWN HERE SO ENSURE ONE
DAY BECOMES A REALITY AND NOT A DREAM THAT DOES NOT COME TO
PASS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> WE CAN'T WAIT FOR ONE DAY.
WE MUST BE COMMITTED TO TODAY AND USE THE PHRASE "ONE DAY" AS
AN OBTAINABLE VISION. THE PRESIDENT OF THE GREATER
PRESIDENT URBAN LEAGUE DISPLAYS THIS MOTTO OF ONE DAY AS A
VISION, BUILDING THE BLACK BUSINESS HUB THAT WILL HELP
CREATE MORE BLACK BUSINESS OWNERS IN DANE COUNTY.
I KNOW HE HOPES TO INCREASE MORE BLACK HOMEOWNERS WITH HIS FRAMS
PROGRAMS THAT ALLOW BLACKS BLACS GENERATIONAL WEALTH.
DR. BILLINGS WITH HER TIRELESS WORK IN IMPROVING THE EDUCATION
OF BLACK AND BROWN CHILDREN. VA NECESSVANESSA MCDOWELL IS DEO
MAKING SURE ONE DAY BECOMES A REALITY FOR WOMEN WHO ARE TRYING
THEIR BEST TO STAND ON THEIR OWN TWO FEET.
ONE DAY WITH THE START OF ONE CITY SCHOOLS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE
THAT GOD HAS SOMETHING GREATER FOR YOU.
WHEN PEOPLE DENY YOU AND CAN'T UNDERSTAND YOUR INITIAL VISION.
DR. G. HAS BLOWN THE TRUMPET OF ONE DAY, TEACHING OTHERS ABOUT
BLACK HISTORY AND ALLOWING ALL TO KNOW THAT BLACK HISTORY IS
AMERICAN HISTORY. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> DR. JACK DANIELS REFUSED TO TURN ONE DAY AS TO USED FOR
APATHY WHEN HE DECIDED TO BUILD MATC CAMPUS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF
MADISON STARTING A RENAISSANCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SHEILA STUBS WAS THE FIRST BLACK REPRESENTATIVE IN THE STATE FROM
MADISON AFTER BEING RACIALLY PROFILED WHILE CAMPAIGNING.
CARLA GAINES' IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY HELPED, HER EAGERNESS
TO ONE DAY ENSURE THAT WE ALL RECEIVE FAIR AND EQUITABLE
TREATMENT IN HEALTH CARE. BARACK OBAMA AND KAMALA HARRIS
REJECTED THE CALL OF ONE DAY AND SETTLING FOR TODAY BUT USED ONE
DAY TO BECOME THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF
THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN RESILIENT IN THIS NATION,
DESPITE UNFAIR TREATMENT AND HATE, TO ALL NEW KNOW THEIR
SELF-WORTH AND NOT SEARCHING FOR AFFIRMATION OUTSIDE OF WHO YOU
ARE, THANK YOU FOR USING ONE DAY AS A VISION AND NOT A CRUTCH.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, VI VISIG THE JUVENILE CENTER WAS AN IDEA
I WANTED TO MAKE HAPPEN TO HELP YOUTH DEVELOP SOME FORM OF
VISION. IF THEY COULD SEE THEMSELVES
BEYOND THEIR CURRENT STATE, MAYBE THEY WOULD TRY TO MAKE
BETTER CHOICES. AND I'M OFTEN LOOKING AT MY OWN
LIFE, GROWING UP IN THE HOOD OF MILWAUKEE, ON 12TH AND NORTH
AVENUE, THE 53206 ZIP CODE. MY MOTHER WAS A SINGLE,
UNEDUCATED BLACK WOMAN TRYING TO RAISE FOUR BOYS BY HERSELF.
I NEVER HAD GREAT ASPIRATIONS FROM WHAT I SAW BECAUSE ALL I
SAW WAS MY MOTHER WORKING HARD AT WENDY'S.
BUT TO WATCH HER GO AND GET HER GED AND THEN GET AN ASSOCIATE'S
DEGREE BUT NEGLECT TO WALK ACROSS THE STAGE TO GET HER OWN
DIPLOMA TO WATCH ME GET MINE, HER HOPE FOR ONE DAY HAS HELPED
ME EXPERIENCE ONE DAY TODAY! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> ONE DAY. ONE DAY.
MY HOPE TODAY IS THAT SOMEONE WILL HEAR THIS MESSAGE AND SAY I
CAN MAKE IT TODAY BECAUSE MY ONE DAY IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND IN A LETTER FROM THE BIRMINGHAM JAIL, DR. KING
DECLARED TIME IS NEUTRAL. IT YO CAN BE USED DESTRUCTIVELYD
CONSTRUCTIVELY. MORE AND MORE I FEEL THAT THE
PEOPLE OF ILL WILL HAVE USED MUCH MORE EFFECTIVELY THAN HAVE
THE PEOPLE OF GOODWILL. WE WILL HAVE TO REPENT IN THIS
GENERATION NOT MERELY FOR THE HATEFUL WORDS AND THE ACTIONS OF
THE BAD PEOPLE, BUT THE APPALLING SILENCE OF THE GOOD
PEOPLE. HUMAN PROGRESS NEVER ROSE ON THE
WHEELS OF INELIGIBILITY BUT IT COMES FROM THE TIRELESS EFFORTS
OF MEN WILLING TO BE CO-WORKERS OF GOD.
WITHOUT THIS HARD WORK, TIME ITSELF BECOMES AN ALLY OF THE
FORCES OF SOCIAL STAGNATION. WE MUST USE TIME CREATIVELY AND
THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THE TIME IS ALWAYS RIPE TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT.
TODAY CAN BE ONE DAY, BUT IT REQUIRES ALL OF US TO UNDERSTAND
THAT WORK IS REQUIRED TO BUILD BRIDGES AND CONTRIBUTE ALL OF
OURSELVES TO HELP ELEVATE THE OPPRESSED AND THE DOWNTRODDEN.
WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT OUR CHILDREN HAVE
THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES AS EVERYONE ELSE.
WE HAVE TO ENGAGE FERVENTLY IN DISCOVERING MEANINGFUL WAYS TO
IMPROVE THE ECONOMICS OF OUR COMMUNITIES THAT ARE POOR.
WE NEED TO TAKE PRIDE IN WHAT WE HAVE, WHO WE ARE AND WHERE WE'VE
COME FROM. AND I PLEAD WITH YOU ALL TODAY
NOT TO ALLOW ONE DAY TO CAUSE APATHY OR COMPLACENCY, BUT USE
TODAY TO WORK DILIGENTLY TO PRODUCE THE ONE DAY WE ENVISION
TO HAVE UNITY, EQUITY AND FREEDOM.
DR. KING IN HIS FINAL SPEECH ON THE MOUNTAINTOP DECLARES LIKE
ANYONE, I WOULD LIKE TO LIVE A LONG LIFE.
LONGEVITY HAS ITS PLACE. BUT I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT
NOW. I JUST WANT TO DO GOD'S WILL.
AND HE'S ALLOWED ME TO GO UP TO THE MOUNTAIN.
AND I'VE LOOKED OVER AND I'VE SEEN THE PROMISED LAND.
I MAY NOT GET THERE WITH YOU, BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW TONIGHT
THAT WE AS A PEOPLE WILL GET TO THE PROMISED LAND.
AND I'M HAPPY TONIGHT. I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT ANYTHING.
I'M NOT FEARING ANY MAN. MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY OF
THE COMING OF THE LORD. AND TO THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, I
AM CONFIDENT, AS DR. KING WAS, THAT THE VISION OF ONE DAY IS
GOING TO ALLOW US TO PUSH HARDER TODAY, THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO
GET TO THAT ONE DAY, WHICH IS THE PROMISED LAND.
AND IF I WAS IN MY SANCTUARY, I'D LOOK AT MY CROWD AND SAY
WEEPING MAY ENDURE FOR A NIGHT, BUT JOY COMES IN THE MORNING.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪
>> IN THE HISTORY OF THIS EVENT, AND THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN
COMING FOR YEARS, YOU'RE AWARE THAT WE'VE HAD SOME BIG-TIME, AS
THEY SAY, STARS AND INTERNATIONAL FOLKS.
BUT ISN'T IT FUNNY HOW SOMETIMES RIGHT IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD...
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> THE LIGHT SHINES BRIGHT ON THE REVEREND DR. MARCUS ALLEN.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU ONCE AGAIN THE
LATINO ARTS STRINGS PROGRAM WITH
MAESTRA MARQUEZ AND THE MARIACHI JUVENIL GRANDES LEGOS ENSEMBLE.
[APPLAUSE]
♪ [INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> HERE TODAY TO RENDER AN EXCERPT FROM DR. KING'S 1963
SPEECH "I HAVE A DREAM" IS ALIYAH MCMILLEN.
SHE LIKES VIDEO GAMES, CHAPTER BOOKS ABOUT SOLVING CRIMES,
GOING TO CHURCH WITH HER DAD, SINGING IN THE CHOIR, HANGING
OUT WITH HER LITTLE BROTHER AND FAMILY, GOING TO SCHOOL.
SHE LIKES HER QUIET TIME TO HERSELF, SHE WRITES.
ENJOYS HER DAD'S COOKING. MAKING PEOPLE LAUGH, RIDING HER
BIKE IN THE SUMMER, WATCHING MOVIES AND GETTING HER HAIR DO .
DONE. WHICH MAKES HER FEEL PRETTY LIKE
A LITTLE PRINCESS. AND PLEASE NOTE THIS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ALAYA WANTS TO BE WHEN SHE GROWS UP IS
A POLICE OFFICER. PLEASE GIVE HER A WELCOME, ALEA.
[APPLAUSE] >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> I AM 11 YEARS OLD AND I WILL BE READING PART OF MARTIN LUTHER
KING'S SPEECH, SO LET ME JUST GET ON STARTED.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE FACE THE DIFFICULTIES OF TODAY AND
TOMORROW, I STILL HAVE A DREAM. IT IS A DREAM DEEPLY ROOTED IN
THE AMERICAN DREAM. I HAVE A DREAM THAT ONE DAY THIS
NATION WILL RISE UP AND LIVE OUT THE TRUE MEANING OF ITS CREED:
WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE
CREATED EQUAL. I HAVE A DREAM THAT ONE DAY ON
THE RED HILLS OF GEORGIA, THE SONS OF FORMER SLAVES AND THE
SONS OF FORMER SLAVE OWNERS WILL BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN TOGETHER AT
THE TABLE OF BROTHERHOOD. I HAVE A DREAM THAT ONE DAY EVEN
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, A STATE SWELTERING WITH THE HEAT
OF INJUSTICE, SWELTERING WITH THE HEAT OF OPPRESSION WILL BE
TRANSFORMED INTO AN OASIS OF FREEDOM AND JUSTICE.
I HAVE A DREAM THAT MY FOUR LITTLE CHILDREN WILL ONE DAY
LIVE IN A NATION WHERE THEY WILL NOT BE JUDGED BY THE COLOR OF
THEIR SKIN BUT BY THE CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER.
I HAVE A DREAM TODAY. I HAVE A DREAM THAT ONE DAY DOWN
IN ALABAMA WITH ITS VICIOUS RACISTS, WITH ITS GOVERNOR
HAVING HIS LIPS DRIPPING WITH THE WORDS OF INTERPOSITION AND
NULLIFICATION, ONE DAY RIGHT DOWN IN ALABAMA LITTLE BLACK
BOYS AND BLACK GIRLS WILL BE ABLE TO JOIN HANDS WITH LITTLE
WHITE BOYS AND WHITE GIRLS AS SISTERS AND BROTHERS.
I HAVE A DREAM TODAY. I HAVE A DREAM THAT ONE DAY
EVERY VALLEY SHALL BE EXALTED, EVERY HILL AND MOUNTAIN SHALL BE
MADE LOW, THE ROUGH PLACES WILL BE MADE PLAIN, AND THE CROOKED
PLACES WILL BE MADE STRAIGHT. AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD SHALL
BE REVEALED, AND ALL FLESH SHALL SEE IT TOGETHER.
THIS IS OUR HOPE. THIS IS THE FAITH THAT I GO BACK
TO THE SOUTH WITH. WITH THIS FAITH, WE WILL BE ABLE
TO HEW OUT OF THE MOUNTAIN OF DESPAIR A STONE OF HOPE.
WITH THIS FAITH WE WILL BE ABLE TO TRANSFORM THE JANGLING
DISCORDS OF OUR NATION INTO A BEAUTIFUL SYMPHONY OF
BROTHERHOOD. WITH THIS FAITH WE WILL BE ABLE
TO WORK TOGETHER, TO PRAY TOGETHER, TO STRUGGLE TOGETHER,
TO GO TO JAIL TOGETHER, TO STAND UP FOR FREEDOM TOGETHER, KNOWING
THAT WE WILL BE FREE ONE DAY. THIS WILL BE THE DAY WHEN ALL OF
GOD'S CHILDREN WILL BE ABLE TO SING WITH NEW MEANING: MY
COUNTRY, 'TIS OF THEE, SWEET LAND OF LIBERTY, OF THEE I SING.
LAND WHERE MY FATHERS DIED, LAND OF THE PILGRIMS' PRIDE, FROM
EVERY MOUNTAINSIDE, LET FREEDOM RING.
AND IF AMERICA IS TO BE A GREAT NATION, THIS MUST BECOME TRUE.
AND SO LET FREEDOM RING FROM THE PRODIGIOUS HILLTOPS OF NEW
HAMPSHIRE. LET FREEDOM RING FROM THE MIGHTY
UNTAINS OF NEW YORK.LET FREEDOM RING FROM THE
HEIGHTENING ALLEGHENIES OF PENNSYLVANIA.
LET FREEDOM RING FROM THE SNOWCAPPED ROCKIES OF COLORADO.
LET FREEDOM RING FROM THE CURVACEOUS SLOPES OF CALIFORNIA.
BUT NOT ONLY THAT, LET FREEDOM RING FROM STONE MOUNTAIN OF
GEORGIA. LET FREEDOM RING FROM LOOKOUT
MOUNTAIN OF TENNESSEE. LET FREEDOM RING FROM EVERY HILL
AND MOLEHILL OF MISSISSIPPI. FROM EVERY MOUNTAINSIDE, LET
FREEDOM RING. AND WHEN THIS HAPPENS, AND WHEN
WE ALLOW FREEDOM TO RING, WHEN WE LET IT RING FROM EVERY
VILLAGE AND EVERY HAMLET, FROM EVERY STATE AND EVERY CITY, WE
WILL BE ABLE TO SPEED UP THAT DAY WHEN ALL OF GOD'S CHILDREN,
BLACK MEN AND WHITE MEN, JEWS AND GENTILES, PROTESTANTS AND
CATHOLICS, WILL BE ABLE TO JOIN HANDS AND SING IN THE WORDS OF
THE OLD NEGRO SPIRITUAL: FREE AT LAST.
FREE AT LAST. THANK GOD ALMIGHTY, WE ARE FREE
AT LAST.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> GREAT JOB!
PROUD OF YOU, GIRL!
>> CAN WE GIVE HER ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE?
IT TAKES A LOT TO DO THAT. SHE DID A GREAT JOB!
[APPLAUSE] >> OKAY.
UNCLE JOHNSON GAVE ME THE ROLE TO INTRODUCE THE CHOIR.
I'M FOR HIRE TO INTRODUCE Y'ALL IF Y'ALL NEED ME.
I JUST WANT TO LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT WE HAVE HAD A WONDERFUL
TIME. DO YOU ALL AGREE?
THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT CELEBRATION OF DR. KING.
[APPLAUSE] >> AND WE HAD A GR EAT WORD FROM
OUR PASTOR TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
WORDS. [APPLAUSE] >> AND WE JUST W
ANT TO ASK THE CHICAGO MASS CHOIR TO TAKE US
OUT. >> ALL RIGHT! [APPLAUSE]
♪ [CHICAGO MASS CHOIR SINGING]
♪ HE THAT BELIEVETH ON THE FATHR
AND THE SON ♪ ♪ SHALL HAVE AN EVERLASTING
LIFE ♪ ♪ I'VE GOT IT, EVERLASTING LIFE
♪ I'VE GOT IT, EVERLASTING LIFE
♪ I GOT IT, YEAH ♪ I GOT IT
♪ PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER ♪ IF YOU KNOW YOU GOT IT
♪ YES, I GOT IT ♪ YES, I GOT IT
♪ OH, YES, I GOT IT, YEAH. ♪ YES, I GOT IT
♪ HE THAT BELIEVETH
♪ SHALL HAVE AN EVERLASTING LIFE ♪
♪ HE THAT BELIEVETH ♪ SHALL HAVE AN EVERLASTING
LIFE ♪ ♪ HE THAT BELIEVETH
♪ SHALL HAVE AN EVERLASTING LIFE ♪
♪ GIVE ME MY LORD ♪ I'M GOING TO WALK THE STREETS
OF GOLD ♪ ♪ EVERY LASTING LIFE
♪ EVERLASTING LIFE ♪ YOU GOT TO SING AND SHOUT
♪ EVERLASTING LIFE ♪ JESUS
♪ I'M PRAYING, JESUS ♪ THANK GOD, ALL MIGHTY
♪ I'M PRAISING JESUS ♪ EVERLASTING LIFE
♪ EVERLASTING LIFE
♪ HE THAT BELIEVETH ♪ SHALL HAVE AN EVERLASTING
LIFE ♪ ♪ HE THAT BELIEVETH ON THE FATHR
AND THE SON ♪ ♪ SHALL HAVE AN EVERLASTING
LIFE ♪ ♪ HALLELUJAH
♪ LIFE ♪ OH, YEAH
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> I DON'T WANT THEM TO STOP.
EXCUSE MY VOICE.
BUT WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE. AND THANK YOU FOR FILLING IN.
>> MM-HMM. >> I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT MY VOICE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT, BUT I GOTTA
SAY TO YOU, I'M GOING TO GIVE WHATEVER I CAN FOR US RIGHT NOW
TO SING OUR CLOSING SONG, "WE SHALL OVERCOME ONE DAY."
AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE WORK, RIGHT?
HARD WORK. AND I AM PLACING IN THE HANDS OF
MY ADOPTED NIECE, VANESSA MCDOWELL-ATLAS, TO TAKE ON A
BIGGER ROLE, TO STAND LIKE I'VE STOOD FOR SO MANY YEARS.
I THINK SHE'D BRING A REFRESHING TOUCH TO THIS PROGRAM.
>> YEAH! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> SO SHE'S A TALENTED MUSICIAN AND I HOPE YOU'LL WELCOME HERE
AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO 44.
BUT LET'S STAND TOGETHER AND SING THAT TIMELESS SONG "WE
SHALL OVERCOME." ONE DAY.
THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO MADE THE PROGRAM POSSIBLE.
TO THE WONDERFUL MUSICIANS.
[APPLAUSE] >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS IS
NOT A PLAY THING. THIS IS NOT ENTERTAINMENT.
IT'S EDIFICATION. >> YEAH.
>> AND TO REMIND US THAT WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO EACH OTHER AS A
COMMUNITY TO LIFT EACH OTHER UP TODAY.
THE JOURNEY OF CHICAGO MASS GETTING UP AT 4:00 IN THE
MORNING TO GET HERE, AND THE MARIACHI ENSEMBLE.
OUR DEAR GOVERNOR TONY EVERS HASN'T MISSED ONE SINGLE MLK
EVENT. HE'S BEEN AT EVERY ONE.
[APPLAUSE] >> WE'RE IN GOOD HANDS.
AND I JUST THANK ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN A PART OF IT.
AND SO IF YOU'LL JOIN ME IF "WE SHALL OVERCOME."
COME ON.
♪
♪ WE SHALL OVERCOME ♪ WE SHALL OVERCOME
♪ WE SHALL OVERCOME SOMEDAY ♪ OH, DEEP IN MY HEART
♪ I DO BELIEVE ♪ WE SHALL OVERCOME SOMEDAY
>> TAKE CARE. MAY WE BE FILLED WITH PEACE AND
HARMONY.
TAKE CARE, EVERYBODY. SEE YOU NEXT YEAR.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ WE SHALL OVERCOME ♪ WE SHALL OVERCOME
♪ WE SHALL OVERCOME SOMEDAY
♪ OH, DEEP IN MY HEART ♪ I DO BELIEVE
♪ WE SHALL OVERCOME SOMEDAY
[APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪ SING
[SINGING IN SPANISH] ♪
[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
[SINGING IN SPANISH] ♪